The Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC) has a new member, Dr. Christopher Capozzola, serving as a representative specifically qualified in American history.
The CCAC is responsible for advising the Secretary of the Treasury on matters related to U.S. coin and medal designs, with each of its eleven members serving a four-year term.
Capozzola replaces Dr. Dean Kotlowski, who was appointed to the CCAC in 2018.
In a press announcement on July 5, the U.S. Mint shared the following background information about Capozzola:
Capozzola is Professor of History and Senior Associate Dean for Open Learning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). At MIT, he teaches courses in political and legal history, war and the military, and the history of international migration. In 2018, he was named a MacVicar Faculty Fellow, MIT’s highest honor for undergraduate teaching.
Capozzola is the author of Uncle Sam Wants You: World War I and the Making of the Modern American Citizen (2008) and Bound by War: How the United States and the Philippines Built America’s First Pacific Century (2020). During the centennial of the First World War, he co-curated The Volunteers: Americans Join World War I, 1914-1919, a multi-platform public history initiative, and he currently serves as an Academic Adviser for the Filipino Veterans Recognition and Education Project. A former middle school history teacher, he works closely with secondary school instructors, and has served on the Development Committee for the College Board Advanced Placement exam in U.S. History.
In his current role at MIT Open Learning, he oversees MIT’s open online education offerings for learners on campus and around the world, including OpenCourseWare, MITx, and MicroMasters, as well as the Digital Learning Lab, Digital Learning in Residential Education, and MIT Video Productions.
About the CCAC
The Citizen’s Coinage Advisory Committee (www.ccac.gov) was established by an Act of Congress in 2003. The body advises the Secretary of the Treasury on designs and themes for coin and medal programs produced by the United States Mint. The committee is composed of 11 members: one specially qualified in numismatic collection curation; one specially qualified in the medallic arts or sculpture; one specially qualified in American history; one specially qualified in numismatics; three individuals representing the interests of the public; and four individuals recommended by the Leadership of both the House of Representatives and Senate.
Since writes so much on and is a expert on the Military and War, I wonder which Branch of the U.S. Military he served in? Their is nothing like walking in the shoes or experience of those your writing about. Yes, I did serve 4 years in the U.S. Army that is why I’m interested.
Raphaelz, as best I can tell “The Good Doctor”, did not serve in the military. Thank you for your service. Hopefully you weren’t like John Candy in the movie “Stripes”, meaning you didn’t, “I figured I’d enlist before I got drafted”. LOL No disrespect implied or intended. My grandfather, father and brother all served. Thanks again for your 4 years of service to our country!
Touché Kaiser Wilhelm, LOL I’m thinking there’s a good chance, more than a few scientists sending astronauts to outer space or the moon, would more than likely say, “You couldn’t PAY ME enough money, to have me me to suit up and launch”!